Bil Walton plus another McCann slam .. priceless !

Walton MVP. 

- Aaron Bummer isn't a bummer, he's an asteroid soaring through the universe.

- James McCann hit a ball past Jupiter, past Saturn, past Pluto into a black hole.

- Tim should turn double plays faster because the fate of the known universe is at stake.

- PRINT THE BANNER

https://old.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/crgpi7/a_thread_of_the_best_bill_walton_quotes_from/?st=jzf4ol3q&sh=22af44f0

For those who missed it, here are a ton of quotes...

 

The Usain Bolt/Wellington Castillo comp will last into legendary status...or any slow Sox batter like a Crede, Konerko or one of the Flying Molina Brothers.

McCann suspended two games for not bunting. 

A Thread Of The Best Bill Walton Quotes from Today's White Sox - Angels Game (self.baseball)

Calling Mike Trout's Home Run https://streamable.com/55c7u

“This is like a Viagra commercial. If it last more than four hours, call your doctor."

“Go Angels!” as the White Sox score their first run.

“I’m not a very good catcher. I’m much better at getting high than getting lower."

on Mike Trout: “Why doesn’t he bat all the time?"

“Who's playing tonight?"

“I’ve been to Slovenia and Slovakia and I know the difference. Do you?”

"I've been dead for quite a few years"

On An Off The Wall Triple "What A Catch"
“When they retire a number, they don’t retire the position?”

"Have you ever been in a Turkish prison?"

"You ever seen a grown man naked"

Do you like movies about gladiators?

Can you remember the tallest man you've ever seen?

"Believe me, if the pilgrims had landed at Laguna Beach, things would be different"

"What happens now?"

"That's Trout? Swimming upstream, avoiding all the flies, and sending one ricocheting through the universe"

"I don't need directions to get high"

On His favorite Disneyland ride: “I cannot make a quantitative, binary decision. I like a lot of things."

“We’re all security guards.... in the game of life.”

The Trout home run call was classic, too.

 

So close... what happens now???

I am pissed that I cannot stay awake past ten lol.

Reading everything, it sounded like a blast.

Kudos to Benetti for getting the Sox their best pub in a long time. Kudos to Walton for bringing the right kind of his personality to this. 

Watching replay of Wellington Castillo run out a double - "that's the epitome of Usain bolt"

“That’s the catcher! That’s the guy! I have his bat! How did he hit it if his bat’s up here?”

"White Sox on their way to another championship... who's gonna stop em?!"

Bill Walton: “How many children do you have?”

Benetti: “I don’t have any.”

Walton: “What’s up with that?"

"I think he's out. I don't know what the rule is."

"What's the score? 5 hits and 4 hits... For the winning White Sox and the... A's?"

"I'm waiting for a nighttime, iridescent rainbow to come and arc itself over this stadium."

“They moved the fences back!"

So you’re like a time release capsule.

No, I’m much more like a slot machine. Everything just sort of rolls at different paces and different speeds and different directions, like the wheel is turning and you can’t let go, you can’t hold on, you can’t stand still, you can’t let go.

And what’s the jackpot on a Bill Walton slot machine?

You’d have to ask my wife Laurie.

on Patrick Sandoval being pulled “He’s done? They don’t throw him into a volcano now, do they?"

"Rainbow is my favorite color"

"What a fantastic turn of events if you love the Chicago White Sox, and I'm falling in love by the breath"

on Bo Jackson: “Maybe we’re related."

"what's your favorite Bo"

Walton - "Beau Bridges"

On flyballs: "How do they know where it's going?"

What’s this pitcher’s name? Bummer? He’s not a bummer, he’s a meteor! He’s an asteroid, soaring through the universe!

"You cannot wait for the game of life to come to you..."

Walton: Print the banner. Line up the parade. Michigan Ave on the Studs Terkel Bridge. Division Street. Let’s go. Thank you. Thank you, Chicago, for your patience.

Benetti: Thank you for my life.

“I love streaming. I often run into Trouts."

"Wow the Big A! On the mystic highway, the golden road to enternal salvation. Who's the new pitcher?"

“Have you always been a catcher?”

"What did you eat before the game?"

"I apologize on behalf of the human race for destroying your broadcast"

Is the noise in my head bothering you?

“We’re in the third inning, how many of these do we have??”

"That's where I won my first championship game... fifth grade. We won the sixth grade championship that year. We played in the girls gym."

“Minnie Minoso? Or is it Minnie Mimosa?”

“Make each day your masterpiece”

"what's your name again?"

"it's never over, it just changes"

“Now that is great defense, oh my gosh, now how many outs is that?”

“One”

“How many do you need”

“Three”

"There's another game tomorrow?!"

"Have you ever met Nancy Faust?"

"Yes, I know Nancy."

"Is she still alive?"

Walton: "I need to call my wife about this."

Benetti: "The wonderful Laurie? I would love to meet her."

Walton: "You haven't met her? Because I have."

“My older brother stole my food and used to beat me to a bloody pulp."

 

Like Yogi Berra from a parallel universe, bathing in meth. God save the gene pool.

1 hour ago, HeHatesShe said:

 

So close... what happens now???

I think if they let that top clip go a little longer Walton went on to say something like "White Sox and Angels on a diamond in a park " while looking directly into the camera and looking very serene. Then I realized that was his mini version of the old classic George Carlin bit about the differences between the baseball and football.

From the Carlin bit:

Baseball is played on a diamond, in a park.The baseball park!
Football is played on a gridiron, in a stadium, sometimes called Soldier Field or War Memorial Stadium.

Edited August 17, 20196 yr by CaliSoxFanViaSWside

I feel like I just woke up from some weird fever dream

2 hours ago, pcq said:

Like Yogi Berra from a parallel universe, bathing in meth. God save the gene pool.

Bathing in marijuana and LSD*

3 hours ago, HeHatesShe said:

 

So close... what happens now???

If you think about it it is just another version of Hawks stretch, and he just missed it, 1/32nd of an inch.

People saying that Walton is doing the FoD game next year. Strange.

It was a special broadcast/game. I can't believe how Walton never ever was at a loss for words. Watch it again if you can. There were no pauses. Yes he did some trolling. But his pretending to be falling in love with the Sox was precious. It's like he was a one-man play on Broadway (OK Jason helped, too).

Think of the things he also offered: He was offering all these wild facts about California; his little diatribe about how to drive to the Big A (all these highways he was rattling off), he mentioned all these books you should read, he mentioned all this stuff about the city of Chicago (Studs Terkel bridge reference priceless); he had the line of the year about never being a catcher cause he has problems getting low but never a problem getting high; he rattled off all the baseball managers he's gotten to know including LaRussa; his fascination with Ricky's squeeze bunt and saying Ricky to the Hall of Fame after he gets a new contract and "brilliant" was amazing.

And his taking over the call of the final out with Benetti looking on in amazement/shock was priceless.

Yes Billy Walton trolled the fans a bit. But it's like he was not only a color analyst, but superstar Broadway actor putting on a performance of a lifetime. I'm assuming he did it for free as well. That was talent, folks. He probably should have been paid cause Bill Walton worked last night. It may have been effortless for him but he worked.

(Kudos to Sox network for putting in the pictures of mountains between innings and have Bill comment on them; and highlights of Bill's days at UCLA and Blazers).

Edited August 17, 20196 yr by greg775

minor sidebar:  Sox won 7-2. 

 

Whoever said this was bad marketing should spend like 3 minutes on social media today. 

I was tired of it by the 6th

Absolutely one of the most entertaining games I have ever seen. 

14 hours ago, pcq said:

A Thread Of The Best Bill Walton Quotes from Today's White Sox - Angels Game (self.baseball)

Calling Mike Trout's Home Run https://streamable.com/55c7u

“This is like a Viagra commercial. If it last more than four hours, call your doctor."

“Go Angels!” as the White Sox score their first run.

“I’m not a very good catcher. I’m much better at getting high than getting lower."

on Mike Trout: “Why doesn’t he bat all the time?"

“Who's playing tonight?"

“I’ve been to Slovenia and Slovakia and I know the difference. Do you?”

"I've been dead for quite a few years"

On An Off The Wall Triple "What A Catch"
“When they retire a number, they don’t retire the position?”

"Have you ever been in a Turkish prison?"

"You ever seen a grown man naked"

Do you like movies about gladiators?

Can you remember the tallest man you've ever seen?

"Believe me, if the pilgrims had landed at Laguna Beach, things would be different"

"What happens now?"

"That's Trout? Swimming upstream, avoiding all the flies, and sending one ricocheting through the universe"

"I don't need directions to get high"

On His favorite Disneyland ride: “I cannot make a quantitative, binary decision. I like a lot of things."

“We’re all security guards.... in the game of life.”

Highlighted items are from the movie "Airplane".  Hope Walton gave them credit when he used those lines.

11 minutes ago, bubba phillips said:

Highlighted items are from the movie "Airplane".  Hope Walton gave them credit when he used those lines.

Let’s be honest, Walton purposely plays up this persona because it’s good for his brand.  Half of his shtick is straight-up an act, which is why I’m surprised so many enjoyed the broadcast last night.  But hey, to each their own and at least it got the Sox some much needed publicity.

I’ve always had a tremendous respect for how ANY announcer can fill hours of time, daily, and for years on end, talking about the same stuff essentially. That said it gets dull even for the massive baseball fan. Guess I just loved the change of tenor. And I showed my kids (9&8) Airplane and Top Secret this week.

3 hours ago, napa_soxfan said:

I’ve always had a tremendous respect for how ANY announcer can fill hours of time, daily, and for years on end, talking about the same stuff essentially. That said it gets dull even for the massive baseball fan. Guess I just loved the change of tenor. And I showed my kids (9&8) Airplane and Top Secret this week.

The change was great It's a once in a season thing. Obviously even doing it one more time this season would be a huge mistake. And doing it for Field of Dreams game would be an unmitigated disaster. That's going to be a special game, too, but the game will stand on its own.

This Walton thing was genius: Two sub .500 teams going nowhere. Walton being from Cali and being the Sox color man and pretending to love the Sox. Priceless. I challenge you to watch two plays. When we squeezed the run in and when our reliever botched the bunt on defense. Walton ripped our reliever mercilessly. It was hilarious. And the squeeze call was sensationaly funny saying Ricky's move was "brilliant" and he deserved a contract extension.

Anybody find the links for me, please put here. ... But my point is only once a season. I'd bring him in for a home game next August. Let him do one at The Cell. Hell, he's a great advertisement for the city of Chicago. He knew enough about Chicago last night. Studs Terkel indeed! Love Bill Walton!